Bethlehem restaurants and locations will be featured in an episode of a new wacky Cooking Channel series featuring the over-the-top Baron Ambrosia.

Ambrosia, called the Ali G. of food, is the alter-ego of Bronx-based underground filmmaker Justin Fornal.

Three local eateries, along with actors from the Christmas City's live Christmas Pageant will appear in the third episode of The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosiaentitled "Oh Little Witch of Bethlehem."

The series premiers at 10 p.m. Friday on the Cooking Channel and the Bethlehem episode airs at 10 p.m. June 15 with repeated airings at 2 a.m. and 11 p.m. June 16 and 3 a.m. and 1 p.m. June 17.

Dave Landis, president of the organization which stage the annual live pageant in Bethlehem were tapped in March to appear as townspeople for the final scene of the episode in which they gathered at Bethlehem City Center Plaza with Baron Ambrosia and a live camel, something the pageant members are used to.

Landis got to play the mayor of Bethlehem.

"It was a last minute request...and fun to play the part," Landis says, adding he has no plans to run for local politics. "It was an interesting experience we will never forget."

As he travels the Baron gets caught up in stories of mystery, comedy, intrigue and a game of crab roulette with John Waters.

In the promo for the episode, the storyline is the Baron and his trusty camel find themselves in a town where the people are fearful and the restaurants are closed. The Baron finds El Salvadorian pupusas at Francisco's Salvadoreno, 100 E. Broad St., Bethelehem, only to learn that an evil witch, Dona Sofrito, has cursed the town. Baron uses a secret weapon found at Damascus Resaurant 449 N 2nd St, Allentown and Baron faces Dona in the ultimate showdown, armed only with his wit and stew burgers from George's Light Lunch 308 W. Broad St, Bethlehem.

Recipes featured on the episode and available on-line are pupusas, pastries filled with pork and beans from Francisco's Salvadoreno; sleaque,steamed endive and bulgur wheat mixed with sauteed onions and black-eyed peas, from Damascus Resaurant and stew burgers from George's Light Lunch.

The series opens with “The Just Desserts of P.T. Barnum” in which the Baron finds atreasure map hidden in a haunted carousel, and heads to Bridgeport, CT.

The Baron wrote and directed two independently produced feature films. He set off to Vietnam to document the world’s rarest food condiment Cà Cuống - a rare fragrant exudate extracted from giant water bugs. Baron first appeared in his culinary podcast entitled Underbelly, which featured adventures that were set in real restaurants, markets, and chef’s homes. After becoming the #1 food podcast on iTunes, Baron launched "Bronx Flavor", for which he won a New York Emmy Award and was awarded the title of ‘Culinary Ambassador to the Bronx’ by the borough president.